MINUTES 
                                           
                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS & COMMERCE 
                             Tuesday, February 13, 2001 
                                     9:00 a.m. 
                           Lt. Governor's Committee Room 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Business &  
         Commerce was held on Tuesday, February 13, 2001, in the Lt.  
         Governor's Committee Room at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                         
         Senator David Sibley                     
         Senator John Carona                      
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:01 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted. 
          
         The chair laid out SB433 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Carona, to explain the bill.  Senator Carona sent up Committee  
         Amendment 1.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill  
         are shown on the attached list.  The chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Chairman Sibley moved that SB433 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB272 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Carona, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  Public  
         testimony was left open.  Senator Sibley moved that SB272 be  
         left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB414 and recognized Harold Oliver,  
         Legislative Assistant for Senator Madla, to explain the bill, in  
         the absence of the author.  Witnesses testifying and registering  
         on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The chair moved  
         that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.  Chairman Sibley moved that SB414 be left pending;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB466 and recognized Harold Oliver,  
         Legislative Assistant for Senator Madla, to explain the bill, in  
         the absence of the author.  Witnesses testifying and registering  
  
         on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The chair moved  
         that the public testimony be closed; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.  Chairman Sibley moved that SB466 be left pending;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair referred the following bills to the Subcommittee on  
         Border Affairs: 
          
         SB 192, by Lucio 
         SB 195, by Lucio 
         SB 224, by Shapleigh 
         SB 225, by Shapleigh 
         SB 228, by Shapleigh 
         SB 241, by Lucio 
         SB 246, by Shapleigh 
         SB 465, by Shapleigh 
         SB 517, by Lucio 
         SJR 7, by Lucio 
         SJR 10, by Lucio 
          
         At 9:16 a.m. Chairman Sibley moved that the committee stand  
         recessed until subject to the call of the chair; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         David Sibley, Chairman 
          
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         Danielle Delgadillo, Clerk